Design Collections is the new space of Finestre sull'Arte dedicated to lovers of design and contemporary living. Insights dedicated to the forms and lines that have made the history of Italian style, but also many suggestions to discover how the world of design is evolving today. A space dedicated to home accessories, furniture, interior design and installations. Insights and articles edited always with the quality and rigor that distinguish the proposal of Finestre sull'Arte.
ByS. F. | 05/06/2023
The La Marie chair, designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell, is one of the most important design objects to have appeared in recent years: the world's first completely transparent chair, it represents the archetypal chair, with its minimal, almost ethereal forms.
ByRedazione | 07/05/2023
In Veneto, a design studio founded the Iconoclastic project: a series of handmade and hand-painted designer ceramics that rework a cult object such as sneakers and mythological figures of muses.
ByS. F. | 04/05/2023
In 1994 Alessandro Mendini presented Anna G, the now classic corkscrew in the shape of a woman, which became a symbol of the playful design that took hold in that era.
ByRedazione | 02/05/2023
Nanda Vigo's first retrospective exhibition in Switzerland is on view at the Municipal Museum of Modern Art in Ascona until June 25, 2023. Through forty works, the exhibition aims to analyze the salient stages of the artist's entire creative journey.
ByRedazione | 27/04/2023
In Gorizia, Palazzo Attems Petzenstein is hosting until August 27, 2023 a major exhibition that aims to reread the myth of Italian Style in the light of fashion and design.
ByRedazione | 18/04/2023
An installation by MR Digital and Stefano Boeri, presented for Milan Design Week 2023, imagines what the classrooms of the future will look like: healthy, safe environments that will foster concentration, inclusion, technology and sharing.
ByRedazione | 18/04/2023
Fantini Mosaics has promoted a creative competition for young talents, in collaboration with the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. An exhibition with the selected and awarded works will be held from April 18 to 23 in the Magnolia Courtyard.
ByRedazione | 18/04/2023
From April 20 to 23, in conjunction with Design Week 2023, Pandolfini presents Design Spotlight in Milan: a selection of furniture and objects by some of the names that have made history in Italian and international design.
ByAndrea Laratta | 18/04/2023
10 design places in Milan: here's what to see in an itinerary among must-see places.
ByRedazione | 17/04/2023
From April 17 to 26, it will be possible to take a ride on SWING, the giant swing that Stefano Boeri designed for Milan Design Week. Just go to the Pharmacy Courtyard of the State University.
ByRedazione | 17/04/2023
For Design Week it will be possible to walk on water in Milan: in fact, The Sea Deck, the floating platform by Michele De Lucchi and AMDL for Azimut Yachts, arrives in Darsena. You will only be able to get on it barefoot. And it is all made of recyclable material.
ByRedazione | 17/04/2023
Which installations to see in Milan for Design Week 2023: here are 15 not to be missed.
ByRedazione | 16/04/2023
Galleries opening exhibitions during Design Week in Milan: here are 20 events to mark in your diary.
ByRedazione | 17/03/2023
It is titled "Thinking Factories" the project that, with an exhibition from March 24 to June 4, 2023 and a series of meetings, will introduce Bergamo and Brescia through Design and their Compasso d'Oro awards, all on display at the Sala delle Capriate in the heart of Bergamo's Città Alta.
ByS. F. | 16/03/2023
In the mid-1950s, the Solari company in Udine involved designer Gino Valle to design a revolutionary electromechanical watch: the Cifra 5.
ByS. F. | 10/03/2023
Designed in 1987, the Tolomeo lamp, produced by Artemide, is one of the most successful design lamps, and this is thanks to the innovations introduced in this product by designer Michele De Lucchi and designer Giancarlo Fassina.
ByRedazione | 08/03/2023
From April 17 to 23, 2023, during the Milan Fuorisalone, in the context of Alcova, the exhibition "This is Denmark. A design playlist" will showcase the essence of Danish design. The immersive installation offers a journey of discovery of Denmark through the projects of the 15 participating companies.
ByRedazione | 08/03/2023
From April 4 to May 2023, "The Age of Metals," an exhibition dedicated to the story of artist, poet, planner and designer Alessandro Mendini, opens to the public at M77 Gallery.
ByRedazione | 02/03/2023
Brera Design Week 2023, the widespread event in Italy's most important design promotion district now in its 14th edition, is scheduled from April 17 to 23. On the calendar 240 events to reflect on the challenges of contemporaneity.
ByVittoria Coen | 24/02/2023
Only in Italy is there the moralistic idea that there is an art with a capital "a" and a type of cultural expression, design, that has as its goal only large-scale industrial production. In reality, the relationship between art and design has very deep historical roots.
ByS. F. | 23/02/2023
The Sacco Armchair, born in 1968 from the inspiration of three young designers, is the most revolutionary seat ever, a symbol of Italian design that aspired to freedom and lightness.
ByS. F. | 14/02/2023
Designed in 1981, Ettore Sottsass's Carlton is one of the most famous creations of the Memphis Group, the postmodernist design movement that innovated the way objects are made.
ByRedazione | 14/02/2023
Unprecedented collaboration between well-known fashion house Longchamp and Dutch design brand Fatboy, who together are making an inflatable, eco-responsible pouf: it's called Glamping O and is already available.
ByRedazione | 05/02/2023
February 9-12 Courmayeur Design Week is scheduled, featuring installations signed by leading national architectural firms, talks, installations, photos and events in the center and at the summit of Mont Blanc.
ByS. F. | 03/02/2023
The first portable typewriter. Olivetti's Lettera 22 was a machine that revolutionized writing. As well as being an inimitable design object.
ByS. F. | 30/01/2023
One of the best-known lamps of the 21st century, Ferruccio Laviani's Bourgie immediately established itself as one of the most interesting design objects of the new millennium because of its baroque forms and irony.
ByS. F. | 27/01/2023
Philippe Starck's Juicy Salif is certainly the most bizarre juicer in history. Often pointed to as an example of nonfunctional design, it has nevertheless been a great success. Here's why.
ByRedazione | 26/01/2023
Triennale Milano pays tribute to Milanese architect and designer Angelo Mangiarotti with a retrospective from January 27 to April 23, 2023. The exhibition design features the participation of Renzo Piano.
ByRedazione | 26/01/2023
From January 28 to April 30, MUST in Vimercate is dedicating an exhibition to the figure of Bruno Munari, a great artist and designer: it is titled "Munari, Art to the Future."
ByRedazione | 24/01/2023
Greek-American design duo Objects of Common Interest created an installation for Piazza della Libertà in Bergamo: it is called "Lights on" and was unveiled at the opening of the events of the Italian Capital of Culture 2023.
ByRedazione | 20/01/2023
Triennale Milano is dedicating an exhibition to Ettore Sottsass from January 20 to April 2, 2023, focusing on the use of words in the production of the great architect and designer.
ByS. F. | 20/01/2023
An object-symbol of 1960s design, Gae Aulenti's Pipistrello lamp is much more than a device for emitting light: for the great designer, it is a form that must dialogue with space.
ByS. F. | 16/01/2023
The Moka Bialetti was one of the most innovative products of Italian design: not only an invention that revolutionized the way coffee was prepared, but also an icon of Italian-made products. And today it is the coffee maker of the latest romantics.
ByRedazione | 13/01/2023
The 1950s as a period of economic and cultural rebirth: in Gorizia, from March 21 to August 27, the exhibition "Italia Cinquanta. Fashion and Design. Birth of a Style" traces the period when Italian Style and Made in Italy were born, from Roberto Capucci to Giò Ponti.
ByS. F. | 11/01/2023
Perhaps the most famous lamp in history, Arco, designed in 1962 by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, has become a design icon over the years and has been considered a work of art. Here's why, and the reasons for its popularity.